SVE - The Sonnenhof Foundation
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About the project
SVE - The Sonnenhof Foundation
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Sonnenhof Foundation is a medico-social institution that has been caring for mentally handicapped people of all ages and all degrees of handicap for more than 135 years now. Mental handicap may be combined with physical or sensory disabilities, as well as mental diseases and behavioural disorders.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteer work in the city of Soultz-sous-forêts ; he will share the disabled’s daily life, the degree of handicap and the type of disabled persons varies according to the units. Indeed, we offer several possible placements within the Sonnenhof project.
In each unit, the volunteer will share his time between the support given daily to the residents and the setting up of special projects which comply with his motivations, either on his initiative, or within projects existing in the unit. The share of each aspect may vary depending on the unit.
Working time : Max 35 hours per week, 2 days off per week and 2 days holiday per month.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation : the volunteers will live in a flat with other volunteers, in the city of the placement, in Soultz-sous-forêts.
⚠️ Requirements
Fair level of French to ease the communication with the beneficiaries of the project .
Above all, the applicant should be ready to meet and spend time with mentally handicapped people. The volunteer’s age and gender are not important to us. A certain capacity to adapt is necessary, as well as the capacity to live in a group in the flat where the volunteers live and in which he/she will have his own room but share other facilities.
ℹ️ Additional information
Language courses :
French lessons
Trainings :
3 seminars with VISA
3 seminars with the National Agency
The EVS's projects are projects supported by the European Comission : Accomodation, tansports, food are take in charge
Also, the European Comission gives some pocket money for the local living and some exchanges with the locals poeple.
For further steps, contact the SVI !
More info on the European Youth Portal : Here
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
SVI_SVE_VISAAD_France
01/09/2017 → 31/08/2018
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
67240 Bischwiller, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:59 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken